Democracy Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and possessed of…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We are thus brought to a conception of Democracy not merely as a sentiment which desires the well-being of all men, nor yet as…

— Jane Addams

If each human being is to have liberty, he cannot also have the liberty to deprive others of their liberty.

— John Hospers

“God has given to men all that is necessary for them to accomplish their destinies. He has provided a social form as well as…

— Frédéric Bastiat

Just as man must have liberty to think and speak, so he must have liberty in food, dress, and marriage, and in every other…

— Swami Vivekananda

At the heart of that western freedom and democracy is the belief that the individual man...is the touchstone of value, and all society, all…

— Robert Kennedy

At the heart of western freedom and democracy is the belief that the individual man ... is the touchstone of value, and all society,…

— Robert Kennedy

Were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men.

— Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

Without Virtue there can be no liberty

— Benjamin Rush

We are born subjects, and to obey God is perfect liberty. He that does this shall be free, safe and happy.

— Seneca the Younger

By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes to be his duty against the influences…

— Lord Acton